Bits and pieces of my life. I am a lifelong Christian. I have been married for over 41 years to Stan. No children. We have 1 Chihuahua, Christopher Robin, and 2 calico cats named Capt. Fishipants (a rare MALE calico) and Daphne Doolittle. We have 9 nieces/nephews and 10 grandnieces/nephews whom we love. My hobbies are genealogy, reading, digital scrapbooking, history, dogs, homemaking. This is a personal blog, not a business. I share what interests me I am not selling or making a profit.

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Friday, August 21, 2009

Today is my 50th birthday. I can't believe it! It wasn't so long ago that I thought 50 sounded so old. Well, Stan is soon to be 55 so I will always be younger than him! Hee hee! My words of wisdom for this day: Although a young, strong, healthy body is much to be desired, I WOULD NOT go back in time in order to have it. I would like to not hurt all the time and be able to exercise without having a coronary. But it's not worth going back in time and losing all the experience, maturity, wisdom and growth with God that has brought me to where I am today. I don't want to be young and goofy again. I don't want to be young and immature, silly, again. I don't want to go through the growing pains again. I don't want to go through all the doubts, uncertainties, fears again. I don't want to be a young newlywed again. All those mentally, emotional, spiritual growing times have made me into the person I am today and I'm glad of it. It's true what the Bible says,"For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. He keeps the paths of judgment, and guards the way of His saints. Then you shall understand righteousness and judgment and honesty, every good path. When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasing to your soul; judgment shall keep you, understanding shall keep you, to deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks wicked things;" Proverbs 2: 6-12

Sunday, August 16, 2009

1920's-1930's Los Angeles, California was one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Rayner tells the story of two men whose lives take two different directions in the midst of the chaos of movie rise, celebrity scandals, organized crime, murders, swindles, city corruption and bribes. Leslie White was a photographer who moved to Los Angeles to recuperate from a lung condition. He became an investigator for the District Attorney. Later he resigned and became an author. David H. Clark, known as Handsome Dave Clark, was an Asst. D.A. and, later, a crusading attorney who ran for a judgeship. A political Go-To-Guy, Charlie Crawford, was killed and Debonair Dave is accused of murder.

I really liked this book. Rayner made early Los Angeles come alive and the murder and trial was a great way to get you involved in the history. Whenever a book makes me want to delve more deeply, I consider it a success. I recommend this book. And I'm going to check out some Gardner and Chandler books too, while I'm in the mood.

Here are some photos and links that will give you some faces to go with the names:Clara Bow

Clara Bow with her husband, Rex Bell

Buron Fitts

Guy McAfee

Asa Keyes (pronounced Kize)

Albert Marco

Rev. Robert "Fighting Bob" P. Shuler on left and Rev. Gustave Briegleb on the right. Rev. Briegleb has been made immortal as a champion for Mrs. Christine Collins in the 2008 movie, The Changeling.